Christmas Bird Count Results

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January 02, 2007

Christmas Bird Count Results

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Birder Bill Haley looking at a Barn Owl

On Saturday December 30, I participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count here in SE Tennessee. My partner Bill Haley and I ended up seeing a total of 60 different species of birds. Here's a list of what we saw, and how many individuals we saw for each species. It was great fun!

Wood Duck – 2
Gadwall – 12
Mallard – 2
Wild Turkey – 10
Great Blue Heron – 4
Turkey Vulture – 1
Cooper’s hawk – 1
Red-shouldered Hawk – 6
Red-tailed Hawk – 6
American Kestrel – 4
Killdeer – 2
American Woodcock – 3
Rock Pigeon – 46
Mourning Dove – 56
Barn Owl – 1
Eastern Screech Owl – 5
Barred Owl – 1
Belted Kingfisher – 3
Red-Headed Woodpecker – 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 4
Downy Woodpecker – 4
Northern Flicker – 13
Pileated Woodpecker – 3
Eastern Phoebe – 2
Blue Jay – 35
American Crow – 107
Carolina Chickadee – 21
Tufted Titmouse – 11
White-breasted Nuthatch – 5
Brown-headed Nuthatch – 1
Carolina Wren – 14
Winter Wren – 3
Sedge Wren – 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet – 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 15
Eastern Bluebird – 11
Hermit Thrush – 5
American Robin - 127
Northern Mockingbird – 11
Brown Thrasher – 4
European Starling – 152
Pine Warbler – 2
Eastern Towhee – 17
Field Sparrow – 58
Savannah Sparrow – 1
Fox Sparrow – 3
Song Sparrow – 58
Swamp Sparrow – 12
White-throated Sparrow – 51
White-crowned Sparrow – 5
Dark-eyed Junco – 12
Northern Cardinal – 15
Red-winged Blackbird – 42
Eastern Meadowlark – 26
Common Grackle – 535
House Finch – 2
American Goldfinch – 11
House Sparrow – 1